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I've never liked Cher, she's always bugged me in one way or another. One of the things that always annoyed me was how she never really acknowledged her Armenian roots, or her Native American ones for that matter, and anyone who IS Armenian and doesn't make their heritage an important part of their life rarely ranks very high in my books.
However just today I stumbled across one of her songs which may or may not have been a big hit in the 70s (I never followed her music so I don't know if this was a hit single or just some bonus track one one of her albums). With a title like Half-Breed I was actually quite excited to hear the song. Here are the lyrics:
My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother's people were ashamed of me
The indians said I was white by law
The White Man always called me "Indian Squaw"
CHORUS:
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
We never settled, went from town to town
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
The other children always laughed at me
"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
Repeat Chorus
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
My life since then has been from man to man
But it can't run away from what I am
Repeat chorus
So... like... anyone else see something wrong?
However just today I stumbled across one of her songs which may or may not have been a big hit in the 70s (I never followed her music so I don't know if this was a hit single or just some bonus track one one of her albums). With a title like Half-Breed I was actually quite excited to hear the song. Here are the lyrics:
My father married a pure Cherokee
My mother's people were ashamed of me
The indians said I was white by law
The White Man always called me "Indian Squaw"
CHORUS:
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
We never settled, went from town to town
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
The other children always laughed at me
"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
Repeat Chorus
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
My life since then has been from man to man
But it can't run away from what I am
Repeat chorus
So... like... anyone else see something wrong?
You have to be pretty special to be able to be so famous for so long, especially in the artsy fartsy and "pop culture" categories in life.
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